Chimney Cleaning and Inspections

Cleaning

A Clean Chimney is Essential for Safety and Efficiency

If you have a fireplace or wood-burning stove, you also have a dirty chimney – the two simply go hand in hand. As wood burns, the combustion process produces solid byproducts that build up in your chimney or flue pipe as a black, sticky layer that is highly combustible, and the only way to get rid of it is through regular cleaning.

Chimney cleaning – or sweeping as it’s more properly known – is a matter of physically brushing the inside of the chimney to dislodge the built-up material. How often you do this depends in large part on your burning habits: If you habitually damp the fire down and deprive it of oxygen so that it will burn longer, the result is a lot more smoke that contains a far greater amount of partially burnt solids. These solids will build up rapidly, so the chimney will probably require cleaning at least every year. On the other hand, chimneys that see hotter fires that burn the wood more completely may need cleaning less often.

Our trained professionals will thoroughly clean your entire chimney from top to bottom. Then they will clean out your fireplace or stove. Have a wood stove insert? Professional Chimney Sweeps’ technicians have the proper tools to remove your unit, clean and replace it, with no damage to your hearth. Our industrial vacuums set us apart from other companies that use shop vacs. Our attention to detail ensures that there will be no soot left in your home!

Inspections

Level 1

This is a physical inspection of your unit and/or chimney from what can be seen by the technician. (Also includes gathering all information and measurements of existing for possible changes in the future such as wood burning inserts, chase covers, raised chimney caps, etc.)

Level 2

This includes a full level 1 inspection with the added benefit of running a camera down the chimney to check all areas that may be hard or impossible to see otherwise. (Not required on all inspections.)

Level 3

Includes Level 1 & 2 inspection plus a full invasive inspection where we have to remove all materials from covering any and all parts of the chimney to thoroughly inspect it. (Only required by NFPA211 fire code when a hazardous event has occurred such as a chimney fire, lightning strike, or earthquake.)

Reports

At the end of the inspection you will receive a report similar to this one via email. The report includes pictures and documentation of the inspection.